Use of satellite data and GIS for assessing the agricultural potentiality of the soils South Farafra Oasis, Western Desert, Egypt

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2299-2311

  Abdel Kawy, Wael Ahmed Mohamed ^a   Abou El Magd, Islam H ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Agriculture potentiality; GIS; Land suitability; Remote sensing; South Frafra Oasis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROP PLANT; DESERT; FOOD SECURITY; FRUIT; GIS; POPULATION GROWTH; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TEXTURE; VULNERABILITY; WIND EROSION;

EGYPT; FARAFRA OASIS; NEW VALLEY;

ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84879257021     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-012-0518-5     Document Type: Article

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